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[ccaissie]

I keep eyepieces in my pocket under such conditions.

 

Another glowing Meade mirror report. I'm wanting an 826!

 

Beautiful job on the scope! Looks like the Meade 8x50 finder - mine is really good.

 

-drl

Our club was given TWO 826's and indeed the mirrors test extremely well in the field and the test bench DPAC.

 

My pockets are usually full of shmutz, so yes I keep eyepieces in my pocket...IN A BAGGIE.

Edited by ccaissie, 26 November 2024 - 07:52 PM.

[davidmcgo]

Grabbed an hour or so starting at 0430 this morning with my 1976 orange C5 since I caught a glimpse of Jupiter out my window when I started tossing and turning.

 

It was really foggy around and the deck was soaking wet, so I plopped the drive base onto my C10’s pier but did not plug in the drive.  Only thing I plan to cook today is turkey wings and I wasn’t desiring to be the turkey.  Put in the Unitron diagonal and a 9mm Tani 0.965 Ortho and got a fabulous view right away of Jupiter with the Great Red Spot near the meridian and Io rapidly approaching the limb.  Great contrast on the cloud bands and mottling and detail in them.  No idea how this little scope does so well, but definitely top notch optics in it.  Still amazed I got it at the club’s banquet auction a few years back for the $50 opening bid.

 

Mars was over 70 degrees high, so I am glad I have one of the rare as hen’s teeth 5x24 right angle finders on it.  Swung the little tube on up and a crisp disk with a very prominent Norht Polar Hood showing and some of the dark features.  The 9mm was a bit low magnification to really make them out well over the brightness of the lighter surface but I didn’t want to get my Takahashi eyepieces soaked.

 

Swung back to Jupiter to catch Io’s shadow nd the moon’s ingress onto the disk of Jupiter and then noticed the view getting hazy as the corrector fogged up.

 

I had been hoping to get out with the new van and a big scope this weekend but weather isn’t going to cooperate according to the forecast.  So I’m glad for a little eyepiece time this morning and some good Jupiter and Mars views.

 

Happy Thanksgiving y’all!

 

Dave

Edited by davidmcgo, 28 November 2024 - 10:20 AM.

[Paul Sweeney]

I awoke this morning to find that the perpetual cloud cover was gone and there was a wonderfully clear sky. The sky was just beginning to brighten. The transparency was high, but the seeing only about a 5-6.

I took out the Vixen 80L to take a look at Jupiter and Mars. Jupiter was well to the Northwest and getting low. I could only use 120x or lower. The image jumped about and drifted in and out of focus. Nothing but general markings was to be seen.

Mars was up near the zenith. Here the air was a lot steadier. I could see that Mars was not round, more of a football shape. The polar cap was visible as were some vague surface details.

By now it was getting light. I noticed the very thin moon rising over some trees. Here, way down on the horizon, the seeing was much better. I could make out some nice surface details. The earthshine was easily visible against the bright sky, especially at low power.

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took out "snow White"  my Jaeger 6 inch F10

 

Jupiter with MV1 filter and then Baader contrast

 

mv1

 

B contrast

 

[starman876]

Had out my orange celestron 70mm fluorite for a quick peek at jupiter and Saturn.   Saturn looks very interesting with the rings on edge.  

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stormy Jupiter

  orange tube c8 

red light

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Jupiter with criterion dynascope 4 inch F12

 

red light

 

white light